A wounded dust

Sunset was currently driving as fast as she could down the dark highway heading towards the nearest hospital she could find, and for good reason, sitting at the back of the car was Adagio dazzle cradling an unconscious little boy in her arms who has by the looks of him has been through hell. She was leaning her back in the seat and was currently looking at the unconscious boy in her arms. She could not take her eyes off the little soul. Adagio could not stop wondering how and why would anyone inflict so much harm towards this little boy and for what purpose they would get out of it. It made her sick to her stomach, she wished she could find this person and give them hell for their treatment of this poor child, and give them a taste of their own medicine. The more Adagio thought about that mystery person the more she found herself fuming, but then Sunset snapped her friend out of her thoughts. "How is he doing?" Asked Sunset as she looked at them thru the rearview mirror with a sad soft look on her face. Adagio looked up from the boy in her arms and straight at Sunset "It's too soon to tell, his breathing is still shallow and very light. I just hope when we arrive at the Hospital the lovely nurses over there can improve his health and figure out where his parents are" Adagio spoke sadly as she looked back down at the small child in her arms. Sunset looked back at the road.

"I just hope we can make it on time, judging by his look some of those injuries had been there for awhile while some others look fairly recent"

Adagio who was still looking down at the small child in her arms was scanning his little body, indeed he had scratches, scars, cuts and bruises all over him. But what bothered Adagio the most was that injuries were small, so small, of course they were bad don't get her wrong, but what one of these many injuries were enough to make a small child like him pass out. "I don't understand" Adagio spoke quietly. she kept scanning his small frame until she saw a white piece of paper in his right hand. "What's this" Adagio gently moved her hand towards his and she gently made him loosen his grip on the paper and she took it and turned it around to look at its content. What she saw made her gasp lightly. It was the picture of her and her sisters performing on stage. "This was at the rainbow climax concert" Adagio spoke quietly. She looked over the picture some more until her gaze fell on herself. She noticed a small stain on her left cheek, the same cheek she got that weird cold feeling from earlier. She put the picture in the pocket of her coat and wrapped her arm around the child to keep him close. About 5 minutes later the car came to a stop in a big car park, Sunset turnt off the car and turned her head towards Adagio. "We are here dagi". Sunset spoke as she opened the car door and jumped out, she instantly went to the back of the car to let out her friend.

"Cmon Adagio lets get him inside quick!" Sunset spoke.

"Absolutely" replied Adagio with determination.

Adagio and Sunset ran towards the entrance with Sunset reaching the doors first. She opened them and kept them open for her friend to get through carrying the small boy in her arms. They both ran towards the reception desk were a very tired but professional nurse was sitting looking through some paperwork. She noticed the new arrivals reach her desk and stood up to greet them.

"Hello and welcome t-" She immediately stopped when she noticed the small unconscious boy in the arms of Adagio, she gasps loudly and rushes around the counter towards the three and stops in front of Adagio to inspect the little boy in her arms. "What happened to this child, how did he get these horrible injuries?" the nurse spoke while eyeing the two ladies in front of her.

"Please nurse can you help him, i found him wandering the Canterlot streets while me and my friend here were ordering some food, i found the little dear sitting on the cold hard ground wearing these ripped clothes and these injuries on his body. I went to see if the child is ok but as i was comforting him, he just fell unconscious, then we rushed him here, so please help this poor dear, no child deserves this!" Adagio was on the brink of tears when she spoke. The nurse looked at her with concern and nodded her head in agreement.

"We will do everything in our power to help this young child" the nurse said with a determined look. She stretched out both her arms Towards Adagio beckoning her to pass her the child. Adagio nodded her head in understandment and before she complied she did something that made the nurse and Sunset shimmer smile warmly. She leaned her head down and planted a soft tender kiss on the child's forehead and his cheek. "Rest easy my little angel. i'll be waiting for you when you wake up" she said sweetly as she passed the boy to the arms of the nurse. The nurse took him gently and cradled him to her chest. She looked up towards Adagio and Sunset shimmer with a soft smile and nodded her head. "Thank you for everything you've done for this child and i promise you he will make a healthy recovery" she spoke with a smile and then she turned towards some doors and went through them. Adagio and Sunset stood there staring at the doors the nurse just walked through. Adagio let loose some tears as she continued watching the doors, something that Sunset quickly noticed.

"Hey dagi it's ok, you heard what the nurse said" Sunset spoke warmly as she hugged her crying friend to comfort her. Adagio just simply nodded her head and returned the hug. They both stayed like that for a few more minutes before they slowly broke their hug. Sunset shimmer looked around the room until her eyes fell on a clock on the wall slowly ticking on away. Her eyes almost bulged out of her head when she realised what time it was. She began to worry and sweat a little as begun to have a small panic attack. Adagio caught wind of this and instantly dried her tears as she looked at her worrying friend with concern.

"Whatever is the matter dear?" Adagio asked her friend.

"I had no idea that was the time, if only i kept an eye on the time." Sunset facepalmed.

"You never answered my question dear??, whats wrong?" Adagio placed her hand on Sunset's shoulder.

"I'm late to pick up Fire stone from Twilight's" Sunset panicked.

Adagio instantly caught on to what Sunset was talking about and gasped. "oh my goodness i'm so sorry, you need to go to your son now." Adagio spoke.

Sunset looked at Adagio with a small smile on her face "There is no need to apologize, we did a great deed tonight." Sunset spoke softly.

Adagio smiled and nodded her head" Indeed we did" Adagio replied.

Sunset gave her friend a soft smile and turned towards the the doors one last time then back to her friend "your gonna be ok by yourself until your sisters arrive?"

"Of course i will, now you go to your son and make sure he is doing ok, plus say high to Twilight for me and give little Spike a big hug and kiss for me and tell him i got something for him next time i see him." She added the last part with a big smile.

Sunset rolled her eyes and chuckled softly "of course i will dagi, make sure you get some rest and keep me updated on the little guy's condition" she spoke.

"Of course dearie,now you be careful"

"I will" Sunset waved as she made her way towards the entrance. But before she could leave Adagio called her name and ran to her.

"Sunset, you can borrow my car for the night, i don't trust you taking a taxi at this time, especially with how famous you are around here."

Sunset looked at her friend with abit of confusion." You sure dagi?" Sunset asked.

"My decision is final, now you take my car keys and be careful with her understand?" Adagio gave Sunset a small serious look.

Sunset nodded her head and took the keys from her friend's hand "Thank you Adagio and you make sure you stay safe too." Sunset finished. And with that Sunset walked out into the dark car park and towards Adagio's car. Adagio watched the door for another or 2 as she saw her friend slowly drive out of the car park and into the night. A soft sigh escaped her lips as she turned her head towards some row of chairs and she started to make her way towards them. When she arrived she finally sat down in one of them and then she pulled out her cellphone. She swiped her hand across the screen to bring up the menu, she clicked on her contacts and a whole bunch of numbers came up, she went down the numbers until she made it to a contact named Aria, her younger sister, she clicked Aria's name and her cellphone number came up, she clicked it and the phone began to dial Aria's number. With that done Adagio brought her phone to her ear as she looked towards the doors the nurse walked through earlier with a sad look on her face and she began to let loose some more tears. "Please pull through little one" Adagio whispered softly to herself.

                                                                                                                         (Elsewhere)

back in the cold dark city Knucklehead was sitting in a dark park on a bench staring into the sky looking at the stars while his thoughts ran through his head about the events that transpired in the early evening. Knucklehead sighed deeply as he closed his eyes and gritted his teeth with frustration. "Not only did Turban kill his fellow gang mate in cold blood, he probably killed that other teen as well.." He sighed again "and now his little brother is in even more danger now for being alive, plus who would've thought he would be found by two really famous people like the lead singer of the dazzlings and the second lead singer of that rainboom band!" Knucklehead spoke quietly to himself. He shifted his gaze from the stars to the city skyscrapers in front of him, he breathed in slowly and relaxed himself, then put on a look of determination on his face and he stood up from the bench he was sitting on. "I'm gonna finish this once and for all and make sure that kid has a decent life, even if it costs me big!" Knucklehead spoke with determination. He started to walk towards the city with a mission and his head held high.

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Sunset stopped outside a nice big looking house and and got out of the car. She closed the door and locked the car and put the keys in her coat pocket. She walked towards the entrance of the house and stopped in front of the door, she raised her hand towards the door and gave it a knock, she waited for a few seconds, and then she heard the sound of feet running towards the door from the other side of it, she then heard someone unlocking the door and it slowly opened to reveal a young white skinned boy. He had green topaz like eyes, long green spiky  hair and he was wearing a matching set of purple pajamas with a pair of black socks on his feet. The little boy looked up at the young woman at the door and he immediately wore a big smile. "Sunset shimmer!!!!" He happily said. Sunset looked down at him wearing a very warm loving  smile. She crouched down to her knees and brought the boy into a big hug. " Hello to you to my little Spike" she happily said as she leaned her head in and gave him a big loving kiss on his cheek. Spike enjoyed the affection from the woman and he happily returned the hug around her neck. Sunset eventually broke the hug, got into a crouching position and brought her arms under both of Spike's arms. She then stood up and lifted him off the ground and held him to her waist and gave him another loving smile.

"Sunset i've missed you so much" Spike happily said as he laid his head on Sunset's shoulder.

"I've missed you to little guy, i've missed you so much" Sunset spoke softly as she started to rub her hand up and down Spike's back. (He's gotten heavier) Sunset thought to herself with a smile. "So Spike, where is Twilight at?" she asked the little boy.

"Mom is in in the living room doing some reading, i was on my way to go bed but then i heard someone knocking on the door so i thought i'd answer it" Spike finished.

Sunset smiled "well you really are a gentleman Spike, thank you for letting me in" She finished softly.

"HEY SPIKE WHO IS IT AT THE DOOR?" yelled a voice coming from another room. Sunset smiled after hearing the voice and decided to walk towards the room with Spike in her arms to surprise her very close friend and fellow band mate. Sunset walked into the living room to see her friend Twilight sparkle dressed in a nightgown with white pants, and pink wool slippers on her feet sitting at a desk doing some late night reading.

"Hey there Twi, i see your at it again" Sunset chuckled.

Hearing this Twilight looked up from her book to see Sunset shimmer standing in the middle of her living room with her son in her arms smiling at her. Twilight immediately wore a massive smile and she shot up from her desk and ran towards her close friend and hugged her and Spike.

"Oh my gosh Sunny, it's so good to see you, how you keeping up?" Twilight asked

But before Sunset could answer she heard a soft snore and and felt soft breathing on her neck. She turned her to see Spike asleep in her arms and lying his his head on her shoulder.

"Well ain't that the sweetest thing" Twilight awed at Spike and Sunset.

Sunset smiled sweetly at this and turned her head towards her friend. "Well Twilight, i've been really busy lately with all the paperwork and touring with the dazzlings. I rarely have time for myself nowadays. But i would like to talk more tomorrow, i'm really tired right now" Sunset yawned.

Twilight nodded her head and turned towards a clock on her wall. "It's almost midnight and you live quite far from here. Would you like to crash here for the night? Twilight asked.

Sunset looked towards the clock and back at Twilight. "That would be for the best, plus i want to spend some time with my son tomorrow" Sunset spoke with a soft smile on her face.

Twilight nodded her head in agreement. "Your right, you have not seen Fire stone in almost two months. He's sleeping right now but i know he will be delighted to see you when he wakes up" Twilight smiled.

Sunset however looked down sadly, something that Twilight noticed. "I wish i was not away for that long, she sighed, when i found out i was gonna be away for two months i cried, i couldn't bear to be separated from sweet Fire stone for that long, Adagio even told me to go home and be with him but i insisted on staying and working with them" she sighed once again.

Twilight smiled warmly and rested her hand on Sunset's shoulder. "Hey don't worry Sunny, Fire stone may be young but he understands why you decided to go." Twilight spoke softly while rubbing at her shoulder. Sunset sent Twilight a thank you smile and gave Spike to her to hold. Twilight took him gently and held him against her chest as he still slept peacefully. "Spike has missed all of you girls aswell, but that's a story for tomorrow. Fire stone is upstairs in the guest room". Twilight motioned her head towards a door in the large hallway.

"Thank you for taking care of him all this time, it really means a lot to me." Sunset spoke with a soft soft smile.

Twilight returned the smile." It's no problem at all, i enjoy taking care of him, plus he's a really good playmate for my little Spikey here."Twilight let out a small laugh and gave Spike a motherly warm smile.

Sunset smiled sweetly at this and began to make her way towards the guest room. Just as she reached the door, she turned her head towards Twilight who was watching her"Well Twi, i'm absolutely tired, so i'm gonna go bed with my little one, i'll see you in the morning" Sunset wished Twilight a goodnight and she opened the door very gently and entered  the room and then closed the door behind her. Twilight nodded towards the door and then decided to go to bed herself. She walked towards the living room and turned off the lights, then she headed upstairs to turn in for the night. Back in the guest room Sunset was slowly taking her clothes off and was folding them up and gently putting them to one side. She walked towards a big closet and opened it to look for some clothes to wear to sleep. After about a minute of searching she decided to pick a no sleeved vest and a pair of black shorts. After she changed herself she walked towards a large double bed with her son in it who was sound asleep. He had the same skin color as Sunset and he had Long shaggy red hair, the same shade of red as his mother's. Sunset smiled lovingly at her son and she got into the bed herself and pulled the covers over her, she gently reached out towards her son and pulled him in, resting her head above his and keeping him close. "Goodnight my little sweet prince" she softly whispered.

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Back at the hospital Adagio was currently sitting on one of the many chairs that was there, eagerly awaiting the nurse to return with good news. She could not stop thinking about that little boy she found earlier and how he got those many injuries on his body, it made her sick just thinking about it. (I do hope you make a successful recovery little one) she thought. Adagio was so caught up in her mind she failed to notice that someone was slowly approaching her.

Knucklehead made it to Adagio who was still oblivious to his presence. He cleared his throat slightly, but that was all he needed as that got Adagio's attention and looked his way. Adagio looked at the big teen suspiciously before talking.

"May i help you?. If your here for an autograph than sorry, but now is not a good time" She remained staring at him a small serious look on her face.

Knucklehead cleared his throat again. "i'm not here for some autograph, nor am i here to waste time, i'm here to speak to you about that small child you brought here, i know everything." He said.

This immediately caught Adagio's attention as she was now staring at the big teen intently. "Go on dear, i'm listening"